Author Description

Stéphane La Rue has been a major figure on the Canadian painting scene for more than a decade. This first monograph covers the last several years of work and is backed up by extensive commentary from a wide range of sources, including critics, acadamics and gallery owners. Over the years, La Rue has forged a rich and diverse body of work with the most minimal of means. Working almost exclusively in monochrome white, he takes painting back to a ground zero where its double status as object and image oscillates within a constructed field of vision. Some works are quiet and meditative; others are boldly physical and hold the wall like Constructivist sculptures. Either way, La Rue proves himself a master of complexity in the face of exacting restraint.